Let's hear your Dino going through a tunnel!

Please post your videos of Dinos driving through tunnels!

Few folks know how nice a Dino sounds and the reverberation chamber of a tunnel is a great place to capture it. We've had unseasonably sunny days and great weather in 2010 (I hear the rest of USA and Europe found the bad weather), so we went out exploring new routes and breaking in my newly ceramic coated headers. Stumbled on a back road that dead ended and even went to ski area at 4,000 feet.

Here is #05082 on yesterday's drive

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmgkDX7EoYU
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Got something nice for dinner?
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We left quickly when we heard music from the movie "Deliverance".

Back roads can be fun and the Dino is very nimble!
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scott, enjoyed the video , next time try a longer tunnel like the i 90 lid on mercer island ! also be careful of the tunnel under i 90 at eastgate , police like to set radar trap just as you exit s. side ( unfortunately i found this out the hard way ) dz

 

THAT is one SEXY shot of your Dino!!! I LOVE those cars... and photos like that
are just plain CAR PORN


Jedi

 

Hey Scott,
The car's looking good, as always.

In the ride-along, I noticed that your oil & water temps were equally very low. The cool and close temps might be indicative of a thermostat that's stuck open. By comparison, the water temp on my Tipo E passes 80C before the oil temp begins to register. The same sequence happens on my friend's Tipo M (similar heat exchanger with different internal routing of fluids). As I recall, my 8s & 12s, though sporting coolers vice exchangers, took even longer for the oil to begin to soak up some heat and close the gap.

Now, if you had been driving for any period of time, the water temp would likely have been in the 80+ range with the oil a bit lower during cruise, or higher if ya'd been putting the whip to her. Having said that, here's a possible explanation: You were just cranking up after a lengthy stop...say, to shoot the stills...and the water, having lost its heat more quickly than the oil, was on its way back up to norm, passing the still-cooling-soon-to-be-warming oil in the process. Heck, from the pictures & video, it looks like the OAT was chilly. Regardless, the acqua should have gone right back up to 80/90C.

Yikes, that was almost as entertaining as your far too brief quest for the light at the end of the tunnel! At any rate, both temps caught my eye as illogically low; there's likely a logical explanation.
Cheers,
Coop

 

Good catch. and in warmer climates that would be a logical conclusion.
The ski area is at 4000 feet and we were coming downhill at 8AM, light on the throttle and the ambient temperature was quite cold. Oil temp sender has never registered high though.
Thank goodnesss nobody noticed the clock lens bezel has broken free.

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Good Morning, Scott

I'm still curious about your thermostat. It should close off the majority of circulation, confining the coolant that's in the engine to the engine. Even in cold weather, I would think that your motore would heat that restricted portion of coolant to 82-84C/180-183F, defined in the handbook as the point at which the "thermostatic valve" begins to open. But I could be wrong.

Let's see, your water temp was about 70C/158F and oil was about 65C/149F. It appears that the heat exchanger was & is doing its job.

Oh well, we're kinda spoiled in my neck o' the woods. We operate in a bit of a vacuum, weather-wise. It's always good to hear from you and see your bella macchina(s).
Coop

 

She sounded a bit angry!

 

Sono by Tubi Comp!

Thanks. What a lead in to my next DIY project, replacing the temp sending units on the water oil and pressure units! Corbani detailed exactly where each is located and I've sourced many from Centerline Alfa (great prices when the word "Ferrari" is not on the box), keep watching.

LOL - Seriosuly, you may be giving the accuracy of the gauge a but too much credit. When we stopped for half an hour to take photos of each other's cars the Dino idled and the radiator fans eventually did come on. So that tells me it hit high temps. Besides that was a very chilly drive


PS - I went up and down the West coast 4 times in the last two years and I assure you the temp gauge reads above 90C through mid-day bakersfield temps.

Are you going to Bella Italia on April 10th?

 

Kudos to your cooling system (and you) for surviving that thermal gauntlet!
Yes. If all goes well, we will see you in San Diego. 'hope so.
Coop

 

Really really enjoyed the videos! I want a Dino really soon

 

Scott,

Did you convert your bumpers to the non-wrap around kind?

Cool video. Don't have too may tunnels in the Houston area, but I love going through an underpass. Always an awesome sound.

 

Bumpers came that way, non-wrap around. It is a Euro with marker lights federalized - Euro Alternator bracket, Italian language gauges, Euro exhaust manifold heat shields, single bumper post mounts, etc.

Look forward to hearing your vids!

 

Interesting for the car, never realized you Dino was originally a Euro delivery.

As for vids/sounds/etc....., I definitely need to do one, but haven't yet.

Next time I take it out, I will try to accomodate.

 

Today it was 70 and sunny down by the ocean where 12 of us went for a drive. Here the gauges show the car in stop 'n go traffic. Water temperature indicating 90C is normal for heavy traffic, oil temp gauge doesn't move much even after I've cleaned and recrimped the terminal at the sending unit, then flushed the coolant system.

Have a look at the Veglia Borletti clock - fully functioning and keeping great time! Didn't cost a fraction of the $1540.00+ that re-originals sells a new one for.
http://reoriginals.com/clockfordino246thisisabrandnewclock-n0254.aspx
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Angry Blue Dino driving through Tacoma, WA after a tune up!
Mark is the mystery driver ...
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkZTNZkBA_E]Fast Dino through Tacoma - YouTube[/ame]

 

Like I said, a GT conquers all!

 

this is not in a tunnel but its 8000 revs on each gear
Motor sound ringtones for your mobile phone recorded from cars, motorcycles and aeroplane engines

 

You are the man!

 

then why are you DINOGTS ?????

 

You know - "been there, done that."

 

GTS envy ...

 

scott, actually i am looking for a gt to convert into a pickup truck . dz

 

I've got a 2013 Porsche Turbo 911, Guards Red, that has been converted into a Peterbilt with nice gold pinstriping. I am sure you'd love it! If you just shave the cab a little, I know that it would easily fit in between a couple of your ALFAS. Now THAT is something to hear going through a tunnel!!